Feeding molten glass



June 15 1926. 1,589,304

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a method and suitable means for inllueltcingV the shape of mold charges which are preformed'while being discharged in suspension from. a supply o f molten glass in a container, lby varying the vertical position of the shears and, consequently, varying the height of the severin plane.` i y Another object o this inventionl is to provide useful adjustments for glass shears of the referred to above, whereby the relative positions of the shear blades, and their vertical and lateral position in respect to the glass outlet, may be adjusted to suitx changing requirements. A

This application is a continuation in part Vof my copending application filed May 5, 1919 Serial No. 294,792, andcis also a continuation in part of m copending ap lication tiled March 28, 191 Serial No. 15 ,943, which is itself a continuation of my rior application filed August 13, 1914, Seria No. 856,548. Itis a prominent characteristic of molten lass, that when'it issues or is withdrawn rom the furnace or container, and is exposed to the colder surroundin outside of the furnace, it acquires a partially 'chilled surfaceor skim-known in this art as .en-` amel. This enamel is coldest and stitest on its outer surface, and lgradually mer into the hot and more plastic interior of t e lass. When ia charge of this glass is deivered to a mold, any undue stretching, rupture, o r infolding of the enamel will cause defects in thearticle being made. Any tra ping of air by the glass, due to lapping or olding of the surface of the glass asit is delivered to the molds, ivill also cause de fects. To',` avoid these defects it is desirable to perform the mold charge, before'it enters the mold, so th'atgitsexternal contour will flosely a proximate the interior contour of l,theiiibll walls, on at' least that rtion of the mold which receives the aat exi. This i8 0f il: Y. blown glassware. A mold char 'wh'i is to form a narrow neckedA bo e', for ex ampi should be vpreformed as an elongated cyhn er with ataperingenlgso that its en- 'tiresurface ma yas nearly as. possible contact equ'ail A- th they mold walls for the same l of time. Uiual' contact of 4differentportions 0f ,the s ace', or unequal duration of contact of the different portions, tends to produce an unsymmetricall chilled and enameled blank or parison, vir ch will not vblw out uniformly, y because vthe hotter portions' will stretch more than the cooler portions, resulting a wall of uneven thickness.

These conditions have evidently been recogniz'ed to Vsome extent by the hand gatherer, ractici his ancient art who by manipuation of is purity or. gathering rod d the gathe operation preformed his ather or mo d charge, as well as he could y .this primitive method, tot the mold,

lor thatportio'n o'f the Vmold that receives the' gather, thus attempting 4to avoid undue deformation of thezmld charge when deposited in the mold. .On the other hand, the conditiotnlil; havehreceived lifttlelg ncfi at ntion in e t ering or e o molten lass Yas pgs iced by machine or other au 'matic 'met prior'to my invention of the a parats set forth in my original applications identified above'.

The `mechanisms shown in the ori al applications, of which the present app 'cation 4,is a continuation in part, accomplish this, preliminary shaping of mold charges with-greater ease an -exactness than heretofore, by the adjustable operation of suitable impellin means coacting with a discharge orifice low which the mold charges are accumulated and suspended, and these mechanisms employ the elongatioxrof the suspended charges in controlling their shape. They lalso make use of coection be-I tween the impelling means and suitable in a poor bottle'having severing means, convenient adjustments be` mg provided to allow control of the sever ing means and the impellin means as to re ative time of operation an 'tion.

The present application is ed for the purpose of claiming these adjustments features so far as they relatel particularlyto the shears.

Certain of these shear adjustments, like the various impeller adjustments disclosed in my original applications, may be made while the apparatus, `is operating, that is, these adjustments may be made, to control and vary the shape of the glass gathers and mold charges, without stopping the Inachine, thus allowing the maintenance of the flow of glass and the uniforinheat conditions Which are so essential in pro er operation of glass feeding apparatus. 'toppin of the machine to make adjustments woul stoprthe flow of glass and would have the eii'ect of allowing the glass to chill near the outlet and of changing the heat conditions.- As a result, the operating conditions would be changed, so that the immediate electv of the adjustments could not be observedA and employed as a guide in making these adjustments. In the resent invention, on the other hand, the slibar adjustments which affect the glass delivery may, he made while the apparatus is ople'ratin so that the pro-y gresslve eect of t observed while they 'are eing made, thus giving better control of the operation.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a general front# elevation of the machine shown in my rior application, Serial No. 294,792, with t e lower or base part omitted.

Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional v iew of the same apparatus, the' section being taken centrally through the glass discharge outlet.

Fi 3 is a s ide elevation, showingsome of the s ear mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a front View of the right hand shear carrier and blade.

Fig. 5 is a plan vlw of the parts shown in Fig. 3. v

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view partly in 1an and partly in horizontal section on the 'ne 10,-10, Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a 'fra mentary end elevation, with parts in sectionon the line 11--11,

igs. 8, 9 and 10 are-diagrammatic views illustratin the employment of shearheight a justment in producing mold charges of certain 'sha es. f

Fig. 11 is a front e evational view in reduced scale, showing the general features of the machine shown/in my prior applica-- tion, Serial No. 157,943.

Fig. 12 is a front elevational view ofa portion of the shear mechanism of the samer prior application:

Fig. 13 is an end elevation projected from Fig. l2, and

Fig. 14 is ,a plan view Fig. I2.

projected from ese a ustments may be glass.'

. Referring first to Figs. 1 to 10, the invention is shown embodied in a machine having the necessary mechanical movementsregular cycles from the outlet, it forms suc cessive gathers from which mold `charges are severed by shear blades 4 reciprocatln below the outlet. The se arated mold charges fall upon a moistene chute 5 and slide upon it to molds mounted on the table of the'associated sha ing machine.

The mechanisms y which the impellerI 13 is mounted, driven and adjusted are not describedA in detail herein, since this a plicationis chieiiy concerned with the srl-leer mechanism. It'is suiiicient to state that the shears are closed once for each reciprocation of the im eller, to sever a mold charge from therdlschal'ged glass.

The frame of the machine is carried by the base 58 (Fig. 3) and surrounds the channel and a out. The base carries columns 60 with suitable bearings at their The shealades 4 are notched as shown This allows them to enclose the g 'ass and to constrict it on all sides as' well as to cut it. .For this reason they act to se arate the glass partly by-constric tion and) artly by cutting, thereby minimizing the shear mark on the severed The shear'blades lare fastened to Shanks 64 which are carried in adjustable heads or holders 65 (Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, which" show the right hand holder), b

which the blades may be A a justed up,

means of down and Asidewise relatively to each other and to the outlet 3, so as to sever the glass at the desired position and to operate to the best advantage. The shank 64 of each blade is removably held in a vertical slide 66 split in its lower portion at '67 (Figs, 6 and 7) and clamped by means of the clamp screws 70. The vertical slide 66 fits a Fig. 6 and `may'be adjusted up and down llO by means of the adjustingi screw 72 by its hand wheel 73. he slide .66 may be clamped in place in its -giiideway b the screw 74 and clamp 75.* The cross sli e 71, which carries the vertical slide and its adjustment, ts in a giiideway 78 (Fig. 4) and may be clamped in place by the screw 76 and clamp 77, thus allowing the shear blades to be adjusted for transverse position and clamped to place.y The shear blades may be adjusted Yendwisie by moving their AShanks in and out in their holders, either for the proper initial setting or for a controlling adjustment, although. a preferable operatin adjustment is provide for this purpose. n this way the shear blades -may be moved in three directions so as to bring them into proper relationship to the outlet and proper alignment with each other. To move the severing plane to a higher or lower level, both shear bladesare adjusted u or'down as desired, the proper cuttiing alignment between them being 7maintained by turning both hand wheels 73 the same amount. v

The shear holders above described are carried on the ends of the carriers guided between grooved guide rollers 7 9 pivoted 'on the columns 60, and are protected by the ards 8l projecting from these columns.

he carriers 80 are moved toward and away from each other by means of levers :82 carrying at their lower ends rollers 93 which enage with` slots 84 inthe carriers. The shear evers are pivotally mounted on studs 85 and 86 carried on the columns 60. The upper ends of the shear levers are Arovided with cam rollers 87 which are he d by suitable springs 90 against the shear cams 63 which are fixed on the -main shaft 61, the cams being sha d to move the shear blades to and from eac other to cut oif the successive mold charges when formed. f

The shears may be stopped in ltheir retracted positions without sto pinjthe rest of the machine by moving t e h nd lever 91 to the position shownin Figs. 3,4 and 5. This rocks the shaft 92 and transmits the motion to shaft 93 by means of bevel sector 94 and bevel gear 95. This shaft carries ltwo cams. 96 aglainst which bear the rollers 97 carried by t e slides 98 so that the rockin of the shaft 93 raises or lowers them. T ese slides are connected by means of connecting rods 100 with the arms 101 which are pivoted on the Studs 85 and 86 with the shear levers 82. These arms bear against the lower side of the shear lever extensions 102. In this way the shear levers may be positively held a ainst the action of the springs 90 to hold t 'e shears inactive in their retracted pbsitions while the'cims continue to rotate. By reversing the position of the hand lever91, the arms 101 will be swung down and the shears will be allowed to resume normal operation. The hand lever 91 may be locked in position by means of the latch 103 worked by a knob 104:.

The shear blades are cooled between successive severing operations b means of water sprays 21 (Fig. l?, supp ied by pipes 114 and regulated by va ves 115. The Water from the sprays strikes the blades in their retracted ositions and is finally caught by the drain pans 20 from which the water i is drained away. Y

The impeller 13 may be held inactive at lower positions A projecting into the glass at the outlet, By thus holding the impeller inactive at its llower positions and adjacent the outlet, the gravit outflow of theglass can be timed and s aped for various forms ot gathers by operating the severing means onl 'Inoperation, the gate 41 is raise .to the proper point to maintain the desired head of glass over the outlet and the machine is set rin motion, reciprocating the impeller and the shears.` The molten glass issues `from the outlet under the combined influence of gravity and the action of theimpeller, which 'times and controls its accumulation in gathers which are successively suspendedC rom the outlet ring and from the impeller end. For each complete reciprocation o the impeller there is a reci rocation of the shears which sever a mold c arge from each suspended gather. After each severing operation the freshl cut end Ior stub remaining below the ou et, and forming the lower end of the succeeding gather, is moved upwardl or its downward movement is retarde by the action of the im ller.

By raising or lowering the ears they may be made to sever the lass at a higher or lower level, leaving a s orter or lon er `stub respectively. This length of istub as an influence on the length o the gather. i A lon r stub ten o elongate the gather and a "1 rter stu tends to produce a shorter gather. T iniiuence extends. to the lower part of the gather especially.

My original application', Serial No. 294,- 7 92, illustrates an describes several speciiic mold-charge shapes, in the production of which advanta is taken of this variation in the height o the shears. Thusfnrhen very short spheroidal. charges are desired, the

shears are set as close to the container out-y roduein is therefore left above the shears.- In

9, the shears areset lower, and a longer l the mold charge illustrated ,in

or even through the outlet.

f jus ig. 10, t e shears are set still lower, to pro- Y duce a still longer stub.

In producing any particular mold-charge shape, I usually em loy not only this shearheight adjustment, ut also some or all of the various other adjustments, `of the impeller, of the shear speed, and of other associated elements, which are described and claimed in my ori A'nal application, Serial No. 294,792 or in ot er divisions thereof.

Fi 11 'to14' show the manner in which the a justment ofthe height and position of glass-severing shears is embodied in the aparatus shown in my other application Serial No. 157,943, of which the present application is a continuation in part.

The glass feeding machine therein shown is intended and adapted to be mounted between a glass tank or furnace and a lass shaping machine, the glass being taken from a pro]ecting spout or conduit 210 of any suitable 1furnace, and delivered in separated gathers or mold charges7 to an associated machine for blowing or pressing or otherwise shaping the glass into commercial form, the delivering being-made directly from the conduit into the shaping molds of the associated machine, or along a trough or chute to those molds, as may be found desirable The molten glass flowing from the furnace along the spout or conduit 210 is swept in successive waves of suitable size for forming thedesired gathers by means of the paddle or displacer 215, which is `moved forward and back in the glass longitudinally of the conduit, thus propagating successive waves of glass, which fall or surge forward through the outlet gap 216 in the end wall of the conduit. The extrusion `of each surge or wave of glass from the conduit and its separation to form a charge or gather are definitely completed by the movements of the paddle at the forward end of' its stroke, aided by suitable shear mechanism.

The paddle is suspended for horizontal swinging movement and may be raised and lowered during its horizontal swinging movement, these movements being produced` by suitable cams as described in the original application, and 1 these cams being adjusta e to vary the time and amplitude of the several components of the paddle stroke.

As the succeeding waves of glass emerge from the outlet 216, the sag or ttle down on the end of the trou i or conduit, taking a more or less ear s aped form, and are severed at regu ar intervals by means of shear mechanism operated by this machine in suitable time relation to the other mechanisms. The shear blades 300 are carried in adjustable heads or holders ('F` 12, 13 and 14)4 by means of which the b ades are adjusted up, V"down, and sidewise, relative lto`each other and to the conduit, so as to sever the gathers at the desired ,position and to the best advantage. The shanks or stems of the shear blades 300 are removably clamped by bolts 301 to cross slides 302, which are fitted to slide crosswise 'of the vertical slides 303, being clamped in position by means of' screws 304. The vertical slides 303 are mounted for vertical sliding movement on the heads 305 of the slides 306, being adjusted vertically by means of the screws 307 and clamped to place by the screws 308. The shear slides 306 are fitted for sliding movement in the housings or casings 309, which substantially enclose the slides to protect them from dirt and pieces of glass. The casings 309 are mounted substantially opposite to each other on the columns 212 and 213, as shown in Fi 11, and the shear slides are' moved towar away from each other by means of levers 311, which connect with the slides 306 by means of links 312. The shear levers 311 are pivotally mounted on studs 313 fixed in the columns 212 and 213. The upper ends of the shear levers are provided with studs having anti-friction rolls 314 which are held by suitable springs 38() against the the shear cams 315 and 316 fixed upon the main shaft 230, the cams being shaped and timed to bring the shear blades 300 together and cut off the successive drops or gathers at the proper times relative to the other mechanisms.

The machine may be driven in any convenient way from any available source of power, or rom an associated shaping machine. It is herein shown to be provided with a driving gear 330 (Fig. 1) oarr ing the driving member 331 of -a clutch, th turning loosely upon the main shaft 230. The driven member 332 of the clutch is keyed or splined to the main shaft, to permit it to be moved endwise thereon, and is so mo ed by a clutch fork 333 carried by a cl'utc rod 334, which is so mounted as to be Within the reach of the operator. instance, the clutch rod 334 extends axially through the pivot shaft 249 and has upon its opposite end an operating handle 335, by means of which the clutch is closed` and opened to start and stop the machine.

YThe structural details herein shown may be varied in many respects without departing from my invention as defined in the appended claims.

I`claim as the invention to be protected by this continuation of my application identified above:

1. Glass gathering apparatus, comprising a receptacle for molten glass, means for delivering formed lumps of viscous glass therefrom, `and knives for severing each lump as formed, said knives being adjustable along the path "of delivery of such lumps.

2. Glass severing apparatus comprising and In the present.

two movable shear carriers, a common driving means for moving said carriers toward and from each other, a shear blade carried by each of said carriers, and means for adjusting each blade vertically relative to its carrier.

3. Glass severing apparatus comprising two movable shear carriers, a common driving means for moving said carriers horizontally toward and from eachother, a shear l0 blade carried by each of said carriers, means for adjusting each blade vertically relative to its carrier and means for adjusting each blade horizontally relative to its carrier.

Signed at Hartford, Conn., this 25th day of November, 1925.

KARL E. PEILER.

j remaining two movable shear carriers, a common driv-v ing means for moving said carriers toward and from each other, a shear blade carried by each of said carriers, and means for adjusting each blade vertically relative to its carrier.

3. Glass severing apparatus comprising two movable shear carriers, a common driving means for moving said carriers horizon- 1,589,304.7-Kar1 E. Peil'ef,

'Patent dated June 15, 1926. HartfordEmp'ire Company, and

of November, 1925.

KARL E. PEILER.

West: '.Hartford, j

Disclaimer led June 11511929; by theaasi eef ratified by the patetee, said`Kirl E. P

Hereby enters this disclaimer to that part of thezlaim' said'speefiatpxni'r.vwfhkflfviY is in the following words, to wit:

1. Glass gathering apparatus, com risP delivering formed lumps of viscous ass lump as formed, lumps.

Except when saidV claim 1 is limited as follows:

1. When 'the elausein'said claim reading means to means for causing"ap'eri0dic, plsatinldls w form a regular. cfin Qfimlm Pr f' viscous glass?? iS glass at regular intervals pended m'ass` of glass;` and 2. Whenthe/knives'referredY itiV are knives `a receptacle for t erefrom, and said knives beingadjustable along tlie"p foi" lumps of elof such l sans! Buff,

proach the suspended glass from opposite sides at .with

each otheijins'uitable timedelationtoaid d in suspenmoncand to control', by their vertical above the kmves after severance,-

eharges so deliveredy in regular successionT lOifial Gam@ .hay 2, 1929.1

,vrins memetdfvr, mold hlses sitxon, the of the stubfoi glass,

t 1,12' Meaning wales??? effh@ said-f5 DISCLAIMER 1,589,304,-Karl E. Peer, West Hartford, Conn. FEE-DING MOLTEN Gfmss. Patent-dated June 15, 1926. Disclaimer filed November 3, 1932, b the assignee,

said Pe er.

Hereby disclaims claim 1 of said Letters Patent.

s [Ojiciul Gazette November 22, 1932.1'

DISQELAIMER.V

l,589,304,-Karl E. Pei/ler, Westi Hartford, Conn, EEDlNG MOLTEN GLASS. `Patent dated June 15, 1926. Disclaimer filed June 11; 1929',` by the assi noe', Hartjord-Empire Uompany, and ratified by the patentee; said`Karl E. Pe` r.

Hereby enters this disclaimer to that Dart of the claim' in said specification which is in the following words, to wit:

1. Glass gathering apparatusJ comprisin Va receptacle for molten gla8s,meana (or delivering formed lumps of viscous glass t erefrom, and kniveevfor-Scvei'ingcach lump as formed. said knives beim;r adjustable along 'the"p5.th,f delivery of auch lumps."

Except when said claim 1 is limited as follows:

l. When the elausein'sad claim reading "means fordelivringdormedwlumps o1 viscous glass is to means for causing aperiodic, pulsating'fdisc f "efpf such glass at regular intervals to form a regular Succession of similar, preforxi"4 #and suspended masses of glass; and

2. W'henthefkniveewreferred to in said daim are limitedtogknivee which approach the suspended glass from opposite sides at regular intervalsnandgoact .with each other in'auitalile timed,relation`- tofsaid de ivering meana tefev'er mold jharges in suspenai'onrand to control, bj' their vertical ysition, thelength'of the stub of glass remaining above the knives after severance, thas influencing the length ofthe mold charges so delivered in regular succession {Ufficial Gaude Jjuly 2, 1929.]

DISCLAIMER 1,589,304.-Karl E'. Peler, West Hartford, Conn. FEEDING MOLTEN GLASS. Patent-dated June 15, 1926. Disclaimer filed November 3, 1932, lili the assignee, HanjordfEmpire Company, and ratified by the patentee, said Pe' Hereby disclaims claim 1 of said Letters Patent. [O c'ial Gazette November 22, 1.932.] 

